Autostraddle’s Favorite and Least Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans TV Characters of 2019
Here’s what we loved this year and what we didn’t like very much at all. We’d love to hear your opinions too, obviously!
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Presenting the Winners of Autostraddle’s Second Annual Gay Emmys!
Over 30,000 votes later! Here are your winners and our critic’s picks!
Vote Now in Autostraddle’s Second Annual Gay Emmys!
Queer women’s television has grown significantly in recent years. Still, we’ve watched our best continue to be sidelined by a straight white male majority that won’t pay attention to queer stories, women’s stories, stories about people of color. Well, no more my friends!
All of “Jane the Virgin” Is on Netflix! Let’s Relive the Gayest Moments!
A definitive look back on the greatest, gayest show about a heterosexual romance of our time.
Boobs On Your Tube: Gentleman Jack’s Misandry Remains Transcendent
Plus: JR and Petra try co-parenting on Jane the Virgin, Lena Waithe smooches Halley Berry on the mouth on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and Kat’s new love gets complicated on The Bold Type.
Boobs on Your Tube: “The Bold Type” Gives Kat a New Lady Love
Plus updates on: The Flash, Gentleman Jack, Station 19, Charmed, Jane the Virgin, Grey’s Anatomy, and The Good Fight!
Boobs on Your Tube: Aww, It’s Petra’s First Lesbian Bar on “Jane the Virgin”
Plus: Niko and Mel go on the cutest little detective chase on “Charmed.”
Boobs on Your Tube: Cameron Esposito Almost Breaks Rosa’s Heart on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”
Plus: Petra woos JR some more, a season wrap-up on Madam Secretary, a witchy revelation on Charmed, Hen saves the day on 9-1-1, and a polyamorous bisexual surprise (in a good way!) on S.W.A.T.!
Jane the Virgin’s Final Season is Gayer and Wilder and More Romantic Than Ever
I’m old enough to remember when the only way you could see four queer women on one episode of TV was to watch The L Word.
Boobs on Your Tube: “Project Blue Book” Is Kind of Like “Carol” With UFOs
Plus updates on: The Good Fight, Grey’s Anatomy, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Will & Grace, Jane the Virgin, Legacies, Roswell, Riverdale and Now Apocalypse!
Autostraddle March Madness — Best Coming Out: Grown
There’s nothing like a good old, grown up coming out story! You have 48 hours to vote for your favorites!
How Not to Throw a Birthday Party, According to Lesbian TV’s Worst Parties
“Play to everyone’s culinary strengths, know your nemeses, and make sure all your guests are familiar with poison-free alternatives to food with poison in them.”
#10YearChallenge: 2009 vs. 2019 LGBTQ TV
2009, the year The L Word ended and Glee began.
16 Feel-Good TV Shows to Kick Off 2019 With a Little Hope
Listen, we all know queer women love a good TV show about serial killing or Satan worship or ghosts — but did you know sometimes it feels good to just feel good?
Autostraddle’s Favorite and Least Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans TV Characters of 2018
“Is this how cis white dudes feel all the time?”
The 16 Best Lesbian and Bisexual TV Couples of 2018
There’s an awful lot of awful things we could be thinking of, but for just one day let’s only think about love.
TV’s Favorite Fictional Writers, Ranked From Worthless to Wondrous
“It’s not just sex, it’s love. It’s two people connecting, with four other people, and aliens.”
17 Bisexual Women TV Characters Who Thwarted Tropes and Won Your Hearts
Sometimes, on a rare harvest moon when the mermaids sing and the unicorns take flight, we’re treated to really authentic, layered, swoon-worthy portrayals of bisexual women on our favorite shows.
Announcing the Winners of Autostraddle’s Inaugural Gay Emmys!
Ten thousand reader votes later…
VOTE NOW in Autostraddle’s Inaugural Gay Emmys!
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences — like Hollywood itself, and mainstream TV criticism — continues to be dominated by a voting block of mostly straight white men. So, for the first time ever, we’ve decided to host our own Autostraddle TV awards to coincide with the Emmys.
The Top 12 Lesbian and Bisexual TV Fever Dreams
Fan service and character development and sex sex sex, oh my!
